May 19, 2009

Some people seem so obsessed with the morningGet up early just to watch the sun riseSome people like it more when there's fire in the skyWorship the sun when it's highSome people go for those sultry eveningsSipping cocktails in the blue, red and greyBut I like every minute of the day

Happy Birthday Pete!

* From Harper's June 2009:

-- Height, in feet, of a stack of dollar bills constructed with the average bonus at one of Wall Street's largest firms: 76

-- Estimated percentage of all guns recovered from crime scenes in Mexico that can be traced to U.S. gun shops: 90

-- Number of infants the World Bank estimates will die over the next seven years because of the financial crisis: 1,400,000

-- Average number of sex offenders castrated by the Czech government each year: 9

-- Percentage of Texas public-school districts that teach abstinence as their only form of sex education: 94